Software

By the end of the video, you will be able to describe, exemplify and implement the appropriate constructs in a procedural high-level language:

• parameter passing (formal and actual)

• sub-programs/routines, defined by their name and parameters:

  • functions

  • procedures

By the end of the video, you will be able to describe, exemplify and implement standard algorithms using 1D arrays.

• linear search

• find minimum and maximum

• count occurrences

By the end of the video, you will be able to ...

• describe, exemplify and implement parallel 1D arrays.

• describe, exemplify and implement file handling (open, create, read, write, close)

This video briefly outlines ... 

• Analysis - Purpose, Scope, Boundaries, Functional Requirements

• Design - Top level design & refinements; Structure diagrams & pseudocode; data flow. 

• Testing - Comprehensive test plans, errors, debugging techniques

• Evaluation

By the end of this video, you will be able to describe and exemplify debugging techniques, including dry runs, trace tables, breakpoints, watchpoints

The following documents are available to accompany the video 📄Slide Deck; 📄Trace Tables Worksheet; 📄Watchpoint Worksheet. 

This video reviews all aspect of the Software Design & Development Unit.

These practical projects incorporate all elements aspects of implementation, and are good practise for the assignment. 

• Edinburgh Airport Flights

• McDonalds Menu

• Scotland Train Stations

• World Happiness

All projects can be implemented using Parallel Arrays or Array of Records - although the design make focus on one particular structure. 

Here are some other resources that I've found that might help you. 

It's worth highlighting that there is more than one way to programme, so the authors of the material below may do things differently to how I do it - this doesn't mean either of us is necessarily wrong. 

• CSScotland: HCS: Software 

A YouTube series which takes you through most of the Implementation aspects of the unit, with loads of Python examples. 

• Robert Gordon College: HCS: Software

A website with notes, videos and examples.